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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 429-1928 - Creating The Office Of City Auditor - 12/13/1928_, ORDINAifCE :TO. f 'r'( AH ORDINA!WE 01!1 'fHE CI~Y OF LU:B:JOCY. C~L.lTHfO THE Ol!,.E1 ICE O.b, ''CITY AUDITOR '', ... RJi.JSCRIDIEG THE ?OWuES i:..N'J DUTI::.:3 P:cR'.rAINING TO 3UCH OF.JIC,i;, AND REPEALING ALL 03DINA1-JCZS :,JTJ) PA:~rrs OJ!1 ORD- IU ,,.N CES IN CONFLICT HEP.l!.rlI TH. B...; I~ 0~:1.!i..:li'ED BY -~HE CI TY 0~, LUBBOCK: SECTION 1 : Th~t there be and there is hereby crebted the of:fic e of "CITY AUDITOR" for the City of Lubbock, :'.:exas. SECTION 2 : The City Auditor shall be a1 1ointed by the City 1Iana~er of the City of Lubbock, by and with the advice , cons~nt, and a~oroval of t he City Commission, nnd shall hold office at the will of the City Com3 ission, subject to peremp- tory removal and uischar~e • .:33.CTION 3: '.lhe compensation of the City Audi tor sh2.l l be by salary, p ayable monthly or semi-monthly, in a s um a n d amount to be f ixed by the City Commission, subject to c hrn,ge from time to time at tbei.r direction and wi "thin their discre- tion. SEC 1.rION 4: ~he City Auditor shall give a bond in some regularly ace-re di t..e.a. surety comµany, antborized to cio busioess under the laws of the State of Texas, i o s uch s um 1;..s may be prescribed by the City commission, such bond to be aonditioned for the faithf ul dischar~e and perfoTmance of the duties ,.. of said office. and fo.r the faithful accounting o:f all moneys, I drdiits, and thin~s of value coming into the hands of such officer. ·;:he premium for such bond shall be paid by the Ui ty of Lubbock, and said officer shall be .:required, before entering upon the duties of such of fice, to subscribe to the oath of offide prescribed by the Uonstitution of the State of 1exas for county officials. $ECTION 5: He shall be the ~eneral Accountant of jhe corporation and shall keep in well-bound books aacuru te and • regular accounts of the .receipts ,~nd disbursements of the Ci tyt and separately under p.roy,er ~nds aach c use of such receipt and dis bu r.se:nen t. and sha 11 keep accounts with eech ' .tage 2 . person. including officers, who have money transactions with the City, crediting amounts allowed by proper authority, and specifying ths .Pa!'ticular transaction to which entir~s " apply, and gene.rally maintain sue h accounting p :roc eedure and system as he shall, with such expert a ssistance 8S th a Com- mission may se e fit to provide, deem adequ a te and p ro p er f or the purposes of the City. He shall ~xamine th e boo~s a nd records of the several offices and employees of the City, a na shall make immediate report to the Commission of any irregu- larities which he mig ht find or of any changes of method or proaeedure which he thinks should be made. He shall record in detail all transactions af~·ecting the acquisition, custodianship und dis p osition of a nything of value, including cash receipts 1 credit trans ~ctions an d d is- bursements; and the recorded fadts shall b e p resented period- ically to officials and to the public in suc h summ9.ries and analytic a l schedules in detailed support th e reof u s s h all be necessary to show the f ull effect of such transactions for eacb fiscal year .upon the f inances of the Uity and in relation to each department of the City ~overnment, including distinct summaries and schedules f or each public utility owned and oper- ated. s~crrON 6: It shall be his p ~rticular duty to present to the ~ommission in writing ~t the s e cond re~ula r meeting in each month a report distinctly showing th e amount :received on the City's account, specifying the sourae, also the sums paid out durin~ the p receeding month 1 together with such other details as the Commission may direct. 'l'he .... uditor sh a l_ check u ll claims befol:'e they nre a pr roved for payment by the L:i ty I.rana g er, and if any depa rtment or p ro- ject appears likely to ove rrun the amount alloted to it, it shall be the a uditor's duty to inform t he Com~ission in writ i og of such liklihood. SECTION 7: ti e shall prepare and hnve published in some newspaper pubiished in Lubbock, u sworn annual statement f o:c L ~!~-each fiscal y e ar ending f..A.O~1,., ri , composed of P·age 3 such summ.ar i es and a nalyt i c al schedul e s in d etn iled support thereof as shall be necessary to show the full effect of such transactions af;ecting th e acquisitions, custodoianship. and disposition of values , including cn5ti w :ceceipts, credit trans- actions, and disburs ements , for such fiscal yeat , upon the finances of the City and in relation to each department of the City govern"¥1ent 1 including-distinct summaries and schedules . for each public utility owned a nd o perayed by the City, said report to b e examined and approved by the Gity Commission and ta ty Han C.f?er u.nd certified by the uccou ntant employed by the uornmission to conduct the annual audit. SE CTION 8: The Uity Auditor shall. in addition to the particular d uties and powers herein set forth , rerform such . duties and h a ve such powers as may properly pertain to his off i"ce. ~ SECTION 9: All ordinances and parts of o:rdilnances in conflict herewith ~re expressly repealed. •rHIS OBDINANCE shall take effect und be in full force from and ufter its pas8uge as required by the Uharter of the Cit. y o f Lu b o o c k. INTRODUCZD at a meetin~ of the i..;ity uomrnission on t,he 1',,,-3~ dayof ~ A. D. 1928~ and finully pas~ed at o meeting of the vity Commission on the -+--day of -De C eJnl,re}/ -1928 . ATTEST : cWM~--lo~-~ 1SMUJ ~ lJAYOR , vi t~7 of Lu bb oc k ~ .rexas.